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Location: Asheville, N.C.
Arena: Kimmel Arena
Capacity: 3,200
Audio: Danny Will (play-by-play) on RadfordAthletics.com
Series History: RU leads 41-17
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Radford looks to even its record and win its third straight game when it takes on UNC Asheville Monday evening at Kimmel Arena.
SERIES HISTORY
♦ Radford has a 41-17 all-time advantage in the series. On the road, Radford leads 17-11. Over the last 10 meetings, the Highlanders are 6-4 and have taken three of the last four.
THE OPENING TIP
♦ This will mark the second trip to Kimmel Arena this year for the Highlanders. On Dec. 10, Radford defeated Wofford, 63-46, in the Asheville Collegiate Basketball Invitational.
♦ Radford leads the Big South in steals and ranks 12th in the nation with 12.9 per game. The Highlanders also rank second in assists (13.7) and third in offensive rebounds (16.7).
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Da'Naria Erwin Spencer, currently with 237, broke into Radford's all-time top-10 in career assists after she dished out two at Gardner-Webb.
♦ Erwin Spencer paces the Highlander offense with 16.8 points per game while
Ashley Buckhannon drops in 14.3 points. Furthermore, Erwin Spencer is just 58 points shy of 1,000 for her career, looking to become only the fourth player in Radford history to hit the mark by the conclusion of her junior year.
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Victoria Hamilton leads the Highlanders in rebounds with 7.1 per game and has posted 10 or more in five games.
♦ Buckhannon,
Ayana Avery and
Katherine Brockett have combined for 235 of Radford's 270 three-point attempts (.870). In addition, the trio has 76 of the Highlanders' 83 (.916) makes from long range.
LAST TIME OUT
♦ Erwin Spencer recorded a game-high 21 points and
Sarah Tabb netted a career-best 16 points to go along with 8 rebounds to run past Gardner-Webb, 63-50. Each player went 6-of-11 from the field. Radford started on a season-best 10-0 run and never trailed the entire game. For the first time all season, the Highlanders shot above 80 percent from the stripe (14-of-17, .824).
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
♦ Freshman Shonese Jones leads club in scoring at 14.6 points per contest followed by Lindsey Thompson's 11.8 average. Thompson leads the Big South with her 91.4 free throw percentage.
♦ In addition to averaging 9.1 points, Kelli Riles pulls down 11.2 rebounds per game, second in the Big South.
♦ The Bulldogs have won five of its last six games at home, with the loss coming on Saturday against Liberty.